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Don’t ask AI questions you don’t already know the answers to, law firm says
AI 2024-05-28 11:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Lawyers are in no immediate danger of losing their jobs to AI, according to a leading law firm, which has foundĀ that asking large language models legal questions you don’t already know the answers to is risky business.

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Noumi, ASIC fight ruling that privilege over PwC report waived during probe
Appeals 2024-05-28 11:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Noumi and ASIC are challenging a finding that the food manufacturer waived legal professional privilege over a PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by its lawyers at Ashurst by disclosing the report during an ASIC investigation.

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TV presenter Lisa Wilkinson seeks $1.8M in costs in Lehrmann defamation case
Defamation 2024-05-27 12:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former Network Ten Lisa Wilkinson in seeking $1.8 million in costs in Bruce Lehrmann’s failed defamation case over an episode of The Project that aired Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations.

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Ord Minnett exec says he was axed for complaint about $110K pay cut after ASIC fine
Employment 2024-05-24 11:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former Ord Minnett executive has taken the wealth management firm to court alleging he was sacked for complaining about a $110,000 cut in his pay imposed after the corporate regulator slapped the firm with a $880,000 penalty for breaching market integrity rules.

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Suit accusing Netflix of axing employee on maternity leave sent to mediation
Employment 2024-05-24 11:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A lawsuit accusing Netflix of violating the Fair Work Act by making an employee’s position redundant while she was on parental leave has been sent to mediation.

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Barrister noted for ā€˜dessicatedā€™ humour sworn in as judge on NSW Supreme Court
Courts 2024-05-23 11:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Justice Tim Faulknerā€™s ā€œdessicatedā€ sense of humour was on display during a swearing in ceremony on Thursday, during which the new judge thanked his colleagues on the bench for their handwritten letters of welcome, one of which he said was ā€œcompletely unreadableā€.

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ToolGen wins court approval to patent gene editing technology
Intellectual Property 2024-05-23 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

South Korean biotech ToolGen has won court approval to patent its genome editing technology CRISPR, after an earlier bid to protect its IP found the revolutionary technology was not patentable.

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Optus taken to court by ACMA over massive data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-05-22 11:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has brought proceedings against Optus over a September 2022 data breach that comprised the data of up to 10 million customers, the first lawsuit filed by a regulator following a string of major cyberattacks over the past two years.

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FWC’s ‘harsh’ comment about Mantle Group gave rise to appearance of bias, High Court told
Employment 2024-05-22 11:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Hospitality giant Mantle Group has asked the High Court to find a statement by a full bench of the Fair Work Commission accusing it of acting “extraordinarily and contumaciously” during a dispute about a ‘sham’ enterprise agreement gave rise to an appearance of bias.

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Judge won’t dock developer’s case against NSW Ports over privatisation deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-05-22 11:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A New South Wales developer’s competition case against NSW Ports over a ports privatisation agreement looks bound for the High Court after a judge found a related ACCC proceeding did not bar it from bringing the case, which will challenge a Full Court finding that the ports operator was shielded by derivative Crown immunity.

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